US 12,230,921 B2
Coaxial cable connector interface for preventing mating with incorrect connector
Kendrick Van Swearingen, Woodridge, IL (US); David J. Smentek, Lockport, IL (US); and Ronald A. Vaccaro, Taylorsville, NC (US)
Assigned to Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC, Claremont, NC (US)
Filed by Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC, Claremont, NC (US)
Filed on Sep. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/931,696.
Application 17/931,696 is a continuation of application No. 16/986,355, filed on Aug. 6, 2020, abandoned.
Application 16/986,355 is a continuation of application No. 16/688,417, filed on Nov. 19, 2019, granted, now 11,201,435, issued on Dec. 14, 2021.
Application 16/688,417 is a continuation of application No. 15/963,684, filed on Apr. 26, 2018, granted, now 10,559,925, issued on Feb. 11, 2020.
Application 15/963,684 is a continuation of application No. 15/141,526, filed on Apr. 28, 2016, granted, now 9,966,702, issued on May 8, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/157,805, filed on May 6, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/157,868, filed on May 6, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/157,328, filed on May 5, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/156,131, filed on May 1, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0006397 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/642 (2006.01); H01R 13/187 (2006.01); H01R 13/64 (2006.01); H01R 24/38 (2011.01); H01R 103/00 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/642 (2013.01) [H01R 13/64 (2013.01); H01R 24/38 (2013.01); H01R 13/187 (2013.01); H01R 2103/00 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A coaxial connector, interconnectable with a mating coaxial connector, comprising:
an inner contact defining a longitudinal axis;
an outer contact comprising an outer body and a plurality of spring fingers, the outer body having a first contact surface that is directly radially outward of the spring fingers and a first stop surface that is radially outward of the spring fingers; and
a dielectric cylinder positioned between the inner contact and the spring fingers, the dielectric cylinder having a free end that is substantially aligned with distal ends of the spring fingers, wherein the outer body is not rotatable relative to the dielectric cylinder;
wherein the spring fingers are positioned to contact and exert radially-outward pressure on a finger contact portion of an outer conductor cylinder of the mating coaxial connector;
wherein the first contact surface is positioned to contact a second contact surface of the outer conductor cylinder of the mating coaxial connector that is radially outward of the finger contact portion; and
wherein the first stop surface is positioned to contact a second stop surface of the outer conductor cylinder of the mating coaxial connector, wherein engagement between the first and second stop surfaces prevents further relative axial movement between the mating connectors during mating.